It seems as though the current price of a postage stamp has the shelf life of the latest gadget. So what do you do about the constantly rising cost of stamps? Buy vintage.

Logos, a bible study software company, found that beating the postage increase was as easy as visiting their local stamp and coin collector and buying a bunch of old stamps. Not only were they able to buy the postage at a 10% discount, the shop threw in the labor of applying the stamps to their considerable stack of envelopes for free.

I went over to my local stamp and coin place and made a deal with them. They agreed to hand-apply the correct postage to my statement envelopes when they had down time if I agreed to buy my postage from them. Sounded like a no-brainer to me. They sold the postage to me for 10% off face value and applied it for free. Now I am saving 10% on all my postage and getting the labor for free in an expense category that I originally thought there wasn't a penny to be saved in.

Next time you need to buy your postage, consider working out a deal with a stamp collector. You may save some money and get some cool and unusual stamps in the process.